Entries by DCPA Press

Tony Award-Winning Annaleigh Ashford Announced as Saturday Night Alive Gala Entertainment

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is proud to announce a one-night-only performance will take place during the eminent annual gala, Saturday Night Alive. Tony Award-winning and Emmy- and Grammy-nominated actor Annaleigh Ashford returns to Colorado to take the Wolf Theatre stage for an evening of music on Saturday, June 14. Denver-born Ashford […]

Daniel L. Ritchie, Former DCPA Chairman and CEO, Passed Away Age 93

The last among hundreds of plays Daniel L. Ritchie ever saw could not have been more perfectly chosen. On the day before Thanksgiving, the Denver business titan sat among giggling children watching a Theatre for Young Audiences performance of Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” at the Denver Center’s Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre. […]

A Game About a Game: MONOPOLY Trivia

Widely considered to be one of the world’s favorite board games, MONOPOLY has entertained decades of fans of all ages with the goal to buy all the properties and amass a fortune. Win or lose, the highly engaging game has stood the test of time. In its newest iteration, MONOPOLY LIFESIZED: Travel Edition comes to […]

Funny Girl: Creation of a Musical

Funny Girl‘s highly anticipated return to Broadway took place in 2022, with Beanie Feldstein starring as Fanny Brice. Take a look at these videos from the Funny Girl rehearsal room and stage; watch the creation of a musical, from running lines to a sitzprobe in action.

Finish the Funny Girl Lyrics

When Funny Girl opened on Broadway in 1964, it launched the career of none other than Barbra Streisand who was cast to portray the real-life of Fanny Brice who inspired the musical. Its score by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Isobel Lennart was nominated for eight 1964 Tony Awards including Best […]